Spanish Team Cup 2017

The U12 and U18 Spanish Team Cup is a 7-round Swiss tournament taking place from 2-6 December 2017 in Benidorm, Spain.

Time control: the players receive 90 minutes for the entire game, plus a 30-second increment starting from move one.

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Schedule: (UTC)

Round 1    Dec 2, 2017    15:30 
Round 2    Dec 3, 2017    15:30 
Round 3    Dec 4, 2017    09:00 
Round 4    Dec 4, 2017    15:30 
Round 5    Dec 5, 2017    09:00 
Round 6    Dec 5, 2017    15:30 
Round 7    Dec 6, 2017    08:00

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Chinese Chess League 2017

The Chinese Chess League 2017 is held in China from 18th of April till 5th of December, 2017.

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System of play: 22 Round - 12-Team Double Round-Robin

Rate of play: 90 minutes all moves + 30 seconds increment

Schedule : * UTC/GMT +8 hours
  (CST - China Standard Time)

  Round 1 Apr 18, 2017 13:00
  Round 2 Apr 19, 2017 13:00
  Round 3 Apr 20, 2017 13:00
  Round 4 Apr 21, 2017 13:00

  Round 5 May 23, 2017 13:00
  Round 6 May 24, 2017 13:00
  Round 7 May 25, 2017 13:00

  Round 8 Jul  26, 2017 13:00
  Round 9 Jul  27, 2017 13:00
  Round 10 Jul  28, 2017 13:00
  Round 11 Jul  29, 2017 13:00

  Round 12 Aug 18, 2017 13:00
  Round 13 Aug 19, 2017 13:00
  Round 14 Aug 20, 2017 13:00
  Round 15 Aug 21, 2017 13:00

  Round 16 Nov 02,  2017 13:00
  Round 17 Nov 03,  2017 13:00
  Round 18 Nov 04,  2017 13:00

  Round 19 Dec 02,  2017 13:00
  Round 20 Dec 03,  2017 13:00
  Round 21 Dec 04,  2017 13:00
  Round 22 Dec 05,  2017 13:00

#	Team	MP	TB1	TB2
1	shang	18	565.5	54
2	chon	16	542.5	51.5
	bei	16	465.5	51.5
4	shand	14	439	44
5	tia	13	460	46
	chen	13	418.5	43
7	zhe	10	446	44
8	han	9	445.5	42
	she	9	409.5	43.5
10	jia	7	444	41
11	heb	5	389.5	37
12	qin	2	317.5	30.5
	Huang, Qian	2	0	1
	Ning, Kaiyu	2	0	1
	Stefanova, Antoaneta	2	0	1
	Tan, Zhongyi	2	0	1
	Zhai, Mo	2	0	1
	Zhang, Xiaowen	2	0	1
	Zhu, Jiner	2	0	1
20	Chu, Ruotong	1	0	0.5
	Ding, Yixin	1	0	0.5
	Girya, Olga	1	0	0.5
	Gu, Tianlu	1	0	0.5
	Guo, Qi	1	0	0.5
	Ju, Wenjun	1	0	0.5
	Lagno, Kateryna	1	0	0.5
	Lei, Tingjie	1	0	0.5
	Ni, Shiqun	1	0	0.5
	Wang, Jue	1	0	0.5
30	Hong, Xing	0	0	0
	Liu, Shilan	0	0	0
	Ren, Xiaoyi	0	0	0
	Sun, Fanghui	0	0	0
	Wang, Doudou	0	0	0
	Yuan, Ye	0	0	0
	Zhao, Xue	0	0	0

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III Ceramica Corund 2017

The III Ceramica Corund 2017 is held in Corund, Romania from 26th of September till 1st of October 2017.

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System of play: 9 Rounds Swiss

Rate of play: 90 minutes all moves + ; 30 seconds increment

Schedule : UTC/GMT +3 hours
26.09 2017 -  15:00 -  Round 01
27.09 2017 -  09:30 -  Round 02
27.09 2017 -  15:30 -  Round 03
28.09 2017 -  09:30 -  Round 04
29.09 2017 -  09:30 -  Round 05
29.09 2017 -  15:30 -  Round 06
30.09 2017 -  09:30 -  Round 07
30.09 2017 -  15:30 -  Round 08
01.10 2017 -  10:00 -  Round 09

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Condigne Dutch Open 2017

Condigne Dutch Open 2017 is held in Dieren, Nederlands from 25th of July till 3rd of August 2017.

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System of play: 9 Round Swiss

Rate of play: 90 minutes in 40 moves +; 30 minutes all moves + ; 30 seconds for each move
starting from move 1

Schedule : * CEST (UTC/GMT +2)
25.07 2017 - 13:00 -  Round 1
26.07 2017 - 13:00 -  Round 2
27.07 2017 - 13:00 -  Round 3
28.07 2017 - 13:00 -  Round 4
29.07 2017 - 13:00 -  Round 5
             REST DAY
31.07 2017 - 13:00 -  Round 6
01.08 2017 - 13:00 -  Round 7
02.08 2017 - 13:00 -  Round 8
03.08 2017 - 12:00 -  Round 9

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Biel GM 2017

The Biel GM 2017 is held in Biel, Switzerland from 24th of July till 2nd of August 2017.

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System of play: 9 Rounds - 10 Player Round Robin

Players:  David Navara, Pentala Harikrishna, Etienne Bacrot, Ruslan Ponomariov, Peter Leko, Alexander Morozevich, Yifan Hou, Rafael Vaganian, Nico Georgiadis, Noël Studer

Rate of play: 100 minutes in 40 moves + ;50 minutes in 20 moves + ;15 minutes all moves +;30 seconds for each move, starting from move 1

Schedule : * CEST (UTC/GMT +2)
24.07 2017 - 14:00 -  Round 1
25.07 2017 - 14:00 -  Round 2
26.07 2017 - 14:00 -  Round 3
27.07 2017 - 14:00 -  Round 4
28.07 2017 - 14:00 -  Round 5
             REST DAY
30.07 2017 - 14:00 -  Round 6
31.07 2017 - 14:00 -  Round 7
01.08 2017 - 14:00 -  Round 8
02.08 2017 - 11:00 -  Round 9

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28th Czech GM Open 2017

28th Czech GM Open 2017 is held in Pardubice, Czech Republic from 21st till 29th of July 2017.

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System of play: 9 Rounds Swiss

Rate of play:
90 minutes in 40 moves +
30 minutes all moves +
30 seconds for each move
starting from move 1

Schedule : * CET (UTC/GMT +2)

21 July 2017 - Round  1  - 15:00
22 July 2017 - Round  2  - 15:00
23 July 2017 - Round  3  - 15:00
24 July 2017 - Round  4  - 15:00
25 July 2017 - Round  5  - 15:00
26 July 2017 - Round  6  - 15:00
27 July 2017 - Round  7  - 15:00
28 July 2017 - Round  8  - 15:00
29 July 2017 - Round  9  - 15:00

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2nd Csaba Arpad Memorial (Rapid)

2nd Csaba Arpad Memorial (Rapid) 2017 is held in Ajka, Hungary from 21st till 23rd July 2017.

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System of play: Rounds Swiss

Rate of play: 20 minutes all moves + ; 10 seconds increment

Schedule : * CET (UTC/GMT +2)

21 July 2017 - Round  1  - 15:30
21 July 2017 - Round  2  - 16:45
22 July 2017 - Round  3  - 09:00
22 July 2017 - Round  4  - 10:30
22 July 2017 - Round  5  - 15:30
22 July 2017 - Round  6  - 17:00
23 July 2017 - Round  7  - 08:30
23 July 2017 - Round  8  - 10:00
23 July 2017 - Round  9  - 11:30

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Sitges Open 2017

Sitges Open 2017 is held in Sitges, Spain from 22nd till 30th of July 2017.

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System of play: 9 Round Swiss

Rate of play:  90 minutes in 40 moves + ; 30 minutes all moves + ; 30 seconds for each move
starting from move 1

Schedule : * CEST (UTC/GMT +2)
22.07 2017 - 16:30 -  Round 1
23.07 2017 - 16:30 -  Round 2
24.07 2017 - 16:30 -  Round 3
25.07 2017 - 16:30 -  Round 4
26.07 2017 - 16:30 -  Round 5
27.07 2017 - 16:30 -  Round 6
28.07 2017 - 16:30 -  Round 7
29.07 2017 - 16:30 -  Round 8
30.07 2017 - 09:30 -  Round 9

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35th Andorra Open 2017

The 35th Andorra Open 2017 is held in Escaldes, Andorra from 22nd till 30th of July 2017.

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System of play: 9 Round Swiss

Rate of play: 90 minutes in 40 moves + ; 30 minutes all moves + ; 30 seconds for each move
starting from move 1

Schedule : * CEST (UTC/GMT +2)
22.07 2017 - 16:00 -  Round 1
23.07 2017 - 16:00 -  Round 2
24.07 2017 - 15:30 -  Round 3
25.07 2017 - 15:30 -  Round 4
26.07 2017 - 15:30 -  Round 5
27.07 2017 - 15:30 -  Round 6
28.07 2017 - 15:30 -  Round 7
29.07 2017 - 15:30 -  Round 8
30.07 2017 - 09:30 -  Round 9

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Astana Open 2017

Astana Open 2017 is held in Astana, Kazakhstan from 21st till 29th of July 2017.

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System of play: 9 Rounds Swiss

Rate of play:  90 minutes all moves +; 30 seconds increment

Schedule : UTC/GMT +6 hours

21 July 2017 - Round  1  - 11:00
22 July 2017 - Round  2  - 11:00
23 July 2017 - Round  3  - 11:00
24 July 2017 - Round  4  - 11:00
25 July 2017 - Round  5  - 11:00
26 July 2017 - Round  6  - 11:00
27 July 2017 - Round  7  - 11:00
28 July 2017 - Round  8  - 11:00
29 July 2017 - Round  9  - 10:00

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Yu Yangyi vs Alexander Grischuk - Match 2017

The Match Yu Yangyi vs Alexander Grischuk is held in Jiayuguan, China from 20th till 24th of July 2017.

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4-Game Friendly Match between Yu Yangyi and Alexander Grischuk

Rate of play: 90 minutes in 40 moves + ; 30 minutes all moves + ; 30 seconds for each move
starting from move 1

* If the match is drawn the players compete in two games of 25+10 rapid chess, then if needed two 5+3 blitz games and, finally, one Armageddon game where White has 6 minutes to Black's 5, but a draw counts as a victory for Black.

Schedule : UTC/GMT +6 hours
2017, July 20 14:00 - Game  1
2017, July 21 14:00 - Game  2
              REST DAY
2017, July 23 14:00 - Game  3
2017, July 24 14:00 - Game  4 (Playoff - if applicable)

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U.S. Junior Championship - Round 9 Recap

by Denes Boros  Gorti won the Girls’ Section with one round to spare, but there was still a lot of action in the last round in both sections! U.S Girls’ Junior Championship Read more > Akshita Gorti already won the tournament, but she arrived hungry for some more chess! She played Apurva Virkud, and even though she was Black she took the initiative early on with 11…Ba6! and 12…b5!. Virkud, however, fought hard and managed to hold, even though Akshita Gorti was trying hard to win her last game. A nice fighting game from both players, especially from Akshita, playing for a win even though the tournament was already decided! Maggie Feng came second, as she managed to draw a difficult game against Bykovtsev. Emily Nguyen had a good chance for second place, but she had to console herself with a tied third place as she lost to Carissa Yip after her Queen got trapped in an equal position.  Thalia Cervantes also tied for third place, just like Annie Wang, but Emily Nguyen was awarded the third place due to better tiebreakers. Thalia won a nice game against Eswaran. Thalia Cervantes equalized early with Black, and she managed to slowly push her opponent off the board. A nice technical win from Cervantes! The last game of the whole tournament was played by Annie Wang and Rachel Ulrich. Both of them played a fantastic fighting tournament, and their personal encounter wasn’t any different! Annie Wang played the famous Breyer variation, and even though she was initially slightly worse, after hours of play she took control of the game. Rachel Ulrich didn’t give up however, and fought hard until they reached a Queen endgame. After the long struggle Annie ran into a perpetual check, but one slip was enough and it seemed that Ulrich missed the draw. At that moment, Ulrich found the fantastic resource 80.g3+ Kf3  and she came with the move of the tournament, Qf2!!, Kxf2 Stalemate! A wonderful display of the fighting spirit of the tournament! U.S. Junior Championship Everyone expected a swift finish with a dominating Troff, even though Liang was half point behind, Kayden seemed to be in position to become the U.S. Junior Champion. Chandra although not the mathematical favorite to win it all, was the first to drop out of contention. He was facing Checa and needed to win to keep his winning chances alive. Chandra did manage to get a preferable position, but it was extremely difficult to convert the advantage into a win, and the players agreed to a draw after the repetition of moves.  That left the leader Kayden Troff, and his rival Awonder Liang to duke it out for the U.S. Junior Championship title. Troff did not change his tactics, and played his usual lines, but his opponent Mika Brattain was very well prepared against Troff. Troff wasn’t prepared for this variation and was clearly in trouble and it was clear that Brattain won the opening phase. Meanwhile, Liang also had to get acquainted with a type of position he had not seen before. Michael Brown played the Berlin Defence, and an early d6. Liang did not seem to be familiar, so it was clear that there would be a long struggle! Hours later Mika Brattain played the courageous 16.d5!, which seemed to me to be the strongest and most natural. He followed it up with energetic play, centralizing his pieces with 18. Rad1! and 19 e5!, Troff was forced into defensive. At this moment Liang’s position wasn’t clear, but Brown seemed to be at loss and it was increasingly difficult to find plans for both sides! Getting closer to time trouble, Mika Brattain launched his final attack; it was just too strong, and even though Troff tried to defend it, the defensive front eventually collapsed and Mika Brattain won against Troff! This was the golden moment for Liang, as a draw would force a tiebreaker match with Troff, but a win would mean the Championship Title! Liang doubled up on  the ”e” line and after Brown’s inaccurate move 34…e4, Liang opened up the position with the powerful 34.f3! At that moment it was clear, with precise play, Awonder Liang was going to win. Precise he was, and after some nervy play from both sides, Liang broke through with the knight maneuver Ne2-d4-f5! putting decisive pressure on Brown’s position. Brown resisted heroically, but Liang was unstoppable and with confident play, he converted his advantage! Liang, with this clutch win, won the 2017. U.S. Junior Championship! Troff came second and Rufieng Li and Akshat Chandra tied for third. Akshat Chandra became third on account of his better tiebreaker. A great U.S. Junior Championship ended with a dramatic final. Troff and Akshat Chandra played good chess, but Liang proved to be the strongest, as he managed to win the most critical games at the crucial moments! The Champions of the 2017 U.S. Junior Championships are Akshita Gorti and Awonder Liang. Follow the U.S Girls' Junior Championship  and U.S. Junior Championship live on ChessBomb

27th Heart of Finland Open 2017

The 27th Heart of Finland Open 2017 is held in Jyvaskyla, Finland from 17th till 23rd of July 2017.

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System of play: 9 Rounds Swiss

Rate of play: 90 minutes in 40 moves +;  30 minutes all moves + ; 30 seconds for each move
starting from move 1

Schedule : * GMT +3
17 July 2017 - Round  1  - 17:00
18 July 2017 - Round  2  - 10:00
18 July 2017 - Round  3  - 17:00
19 July 2017 - Round  4  - 12:00
20 July 2017 - Round  5  - 10:00
20 July 2017 - Round  6  - 17:00
21 July 2017 - Round  7  - 12:00
22 July 2017 - Round  8  - 12:00
23 July 2017 - Round  9  - 10:00

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3rd Xativa Open

The Third Xativa Open 2017 is held in Valencia, Spain from 17th till 21st of July 2017.

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System of play: 7 Round Swiss

Rate of play:  90 minutes all moves + ; 30 seconds increment

Schedule : * CEST (UTC/GMT +2)
17.07 2017 - 16:30 -  Round 1
18.07 2017 - 16:30 -  Round 2
19.07 2017 - 10:00 -  Round 3
19.07 2017 - 16:30 -  Round 4
20.07 2017 - 16:30 -  Round 5
21.07 2017 - 10:00 -  Round 6
21.07 2017 - 16:30 -  Round 7

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Portuguese Team Championship 2017

Portuguese Team Championship 2017 is held in Leiria, Portugal from 17th till 23rd of July 2017.

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System of play: 9 Rounds-10 Team Round Robin

Rate of play: 90 minutes in 40 moves + ; 30 minutes all moves +;  30 seconds for each move; starting from move 1

Schedule : UTC/GMT +1 hour

2017, July 17  - 15:00 - Round 01
2017, July 18  - 14:00 - Round 02
2017, July 18  - 20:30 - Round 03
2017, July 19  - 15:00 - Round 04
2017, July 20  - 14:00 - Round 05
2017, July 20  - 20:30 - Round 06
2017, July 21  - 15:00 - Round 07
2017, July 22  - 15:00 - Round 08
2017, July 23  - 16:00 - Round 09

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El Aguila Masters 2017

The El Aguila Masters 2017 is held in Utebo, Spain from 16th till 20th of July 2017.

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System of play: 9 Rounds - 10 Player Round Robin

Rate of play:  90 minutes all moves + ; 30 seconds increment

Schedule : * CEST (UTC/GMT +2)
16.07 2017 - 10:00 -  Round 1
16.07 2017 - 17:00 -  Round 2
17.07 2017 - 10:00 -  Round 3
17.07 2017 - 17:00 -  Round 4
18.07 2017 - 10:00 -  Round 5
18.07 2017 - 17:00 -  Round 6
19.07 2017 - 10:00 -  Round 7
19.07 2017 - 17:00 -  Round 8
20.07 2017 - 09:30 -  Round 9

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Bergamo Open 2017

The Bergamo Open A 2017 is held in Bergamo, Italy from 14th till 16th of July 2017.

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System of play: 6 Round Swiss

Rate of play: 100 minutes all moves + ; 30 seconds increment

Schedule : * CEST (UTC/GMT +2)
14.07 2017 - 09:00 -  Round 01
14.07 2017 - 15:00 -  Round 02
15.07 2017 - 09:00 -  Round 03
15.07 2017 - 15:00 -  Round 04
16.07 2017 - 09:00 -  Round 05
16.07 2017 - 15:00 -  Round 06

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U.S. Junior Championship - Round 5 Recap

by Denes Boros  Round 5 started off with multiple heavyweight battles: Michael Brown against Ruifeng Li, Akshat Chandra against Andrew Tang, and in the Girls’ Section the leading Emily Nguyen faced her tournament rival, Akshita Gorti. U.S. Junior Championship Both Michael Brown and Chandra played a Catalan type of structure, and surprisingly both of them had a slightly better position against Ruifeng Li and Andrew Tang respectively. Read more > Tang chose to force some complications, which favored Chandra; but, in time trouble, Chandra could not find his way in the complications. After the time control, both players agreed to a draw in an equal position.   In the other game, Brown had a slight advantage, but Ruifeng Li, with good strategic moves, gradually equalized. The live commentators, Alejandro Ramirez and Cristian Chirila, were expecting a draw around move 30, but Ruifeng had different plans! After some shuffling of pieces, Ruifeng sacrificed a piece with 38…Nxf4!? which was objectively dubious, but kept the game going. Brown wasn’t impressed and managed to stabilize his position. Brown could have collected the point with 54.Rc5! and Bc3!, but he inexplicably wasted precious tempi with 51.Kg2 and Kf3. Those two tempi was all that Ruifeng needed, and he comfortably forced a  draw after starting a pawn-avalanche with the moves g5-g4! The leader, Kayden Troff, faced Bovey Liu with black. Bovey Liu decided to avoid mainstream Najdorf theory, and played Bb5+. He did not manage to surprise Troff, as after the clever intermezzo, 14. dxe5 c4!, it was Troff who was calling the shots. After that, Troff soon captured the bishop-pair and a pawn and soon after, the game! Troff can be happy with his play as his nearest rivals Liang and Checa are trailing him a full point behind! U.S Girls’ Junior Championship The biggest matchup of the day was between Emily Nguyen and Akshita Gorti. Gorti was chasing Nguyen with a half point, so she had to do her best to catch up to Nguyen. They followed the game played by Wesley So against Duda, but Nguyen made the inaccurate move 10…e4 and followed it up with the dubious Qh4. Gorti took some time to find the reply, but after her accurate Bb5+, Nguyen’s position crumbled. Nguyen fought hard afterwards, but her position could not be saved. With this win, Gorti took the lead from Nguyen. In the Junior Championships, it’s important to keep on fighting as upsets can happen, and after accumulating some points here and there, you might find yourself on the top of the scoreboard! That is precisely what happened to Maggie Feng and Annie Wang. Annie Wang played a positional 5.Bg5!? variation against Bykovtsev. Bykovtsev tried to untangle her position, but Annie Wang was playing really well today, and after some great positional moves (15. g4! , 26, f3!) she managed to outplay her opponent! With this win, Annie Wang is in near contention for first place! Speaking of big winners, Maggie Feng, who celebrated her birthday yesterday, didn’t give any chances to her opponent today!  Maggie Feng was playing Thalia Cervantes and the opening featured the g3 Gruenfeld, which positions are well-known from the famous Karpov-Kasparov matches. Maggie Feng played extremely precise chess today, her moves 15. Qb3! and the prophylactic 16.Rc2! made a deep impression. Thalia Cervantes tried to untangle, but today Maggie Feng proved irresistible. Maggie Feng won the game on move 33, and now she is a mere half point behind Akshita Gorti! Troff is leading the Open Section with a full point lead ahead of Liang and Checa, while in the Girls’ Section, Gorti is half a point ahead of Nguyen and Feng. Tomorrow is a rest day, but play will resume Friday.  Follow the U.S Girls' Junior Championship  and U.S. Junior Championship live on ChessBomb